1 Kings 17

17 ¹Elijah di Tishbite, wey come from Tishbe for Gilead, tell Ahab say, “As our Papa, Israel im God, dey alive—di One wey I dey stand for im front—no dew or rain go fall for dis years except say I talk am.”

²Den di word of our Papa come meet Elijah say:

³“Comot for dis place, turn go east side, go hide yourself for di Brook Cherith, wey dey east of Jordan. ⁴You go drink from di brook, and I don command di raven birds make dem feed you for there.”

⁵So he go do wetin our Papa talk; he go stay for di Brook Cherith, wey dey east of Jordan. ⁶Di raven birds bring am bread and meat for morning, and bread and meat for evening, and he dey drink from di brook. ⁷After small time, di brook dry up, because rain no fall for di land.

Our Papa Provide Through One Widow

⁸Den di word of our Papa come meet am say:

⁹“Get up, go Zarephath wey dey near Sidon, stay for there. I don order one widow for there make she feed you.”

¹⁰So he go Zarephath. For di city gate, one widow dey gather firewood. He call am say, “Abeg bring small water for jar make I drink.” ¹¹As she dey go collect am, he call am say, “Abeg bring me piece of bread too.”

¹²She talk say, “As Oga your God dey alive, I no get bread—na only small flour wey I fit hold for hand dey inside jar and small oil dey inside pot. See, I dey gather small firewood make I go inside prepare am for me and my son, make we chop am, den we go die.”

¹³Elijah tell am say, “No fear. Go, do wetin you talk. But first make small bread for me from am, bring am give me; den make own for you and your son.

¹⁴Because our Papa, Israel im God, talk say: ‘Di flour jar no go finish, and di oil pot no go dry, till di day wey our Papa go send rain for di land.’”

¹⁵She go do wetin Elijah talk, and she, and am, and her household chop for many days. ¹⁶Di flour jar no finish and di oil pot no dry, just as our Papa talk through Elijah.

¹⁷After some time, di son of di woman wey own di house come sick. Im sickness come strong well well until no breath remain inside am. ¹⁸She ask Elijah say, “Wetin dey between me and you, man of God? You come to remind me of my sin and to kill my son?”

¹⁹He talk say, “Give me your son.” Den he take am comot from her hand, carry am go up for im room, and lay am for im own bed. ²⁰He cry to our Papa say, “My Papa, you don bring trouble even for dis widow wey I dey stay with, by killing her son?” ²¹He stretch imself for di child three times and cry to our Papa say: “My Papa, make dis child im life return come back to am.”

²²Our Papa hear Elijah im cry, and di child im life return come back to am, and he live. ^a a v22 Na di first time for Scripture wey dem raise anybody from di dead — e dey show our Papa as di One wey dey give life and dey bring life back, and e dey point forward to di resurrection wey go come in full through Jesus. ²³Elijah take di child, carry am comot from di upper room enter di house, and give am to im mama. “Look,” Elijah talk, “your son dey alive.”

²⁴Di woman tell Elijah say, “Now I know say you be man of God, and di word of God for your mouth na true.”